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• Gaza fighting flares, UN, Israel debate truce
• West agrees wider Russia sanctions as Kiev says forces near crash site
• Iraq lays claim to Kurdish crude cargo in Texas court
• Huge blaze out of control in Tripoli battle as Libya slides into chaos
• U.S. 'disappointed' Netherlands released Venezuelan wanted over drugs
• U.N. blacklists operator of North Korean ship seized in Panama
• New fears about Ebola spread after plane scare
• Obama mulls large-scale move on immigration
• NHC says 50 percent chance of cyclone off Cape Verde Islands
• Burundi party's 'relentless' intimdation ahead of polls: Amnesty
• Bailey-Cole fills Bolt void, as Aussies share spoils in the pool
• Bailey-Cole wins Commonwealth 100 meters title
• Maltese worker kidnapped in Libya freed
• Be ready for 'prolonged' Gaza war, Netanyahu says
• California governor takes dig at Texas guard plan
• Argentina in last-ditch effort to avert default
• Brazil farmers say GMO corn no longer resistant to pests
• Airlines to push for independent guidance on airspace safety after Ukraine crash
• California drought dries up plans for historic gold rush celebration
• UN condemns terrorist oil sales from Iraq, Syria
• Dominican officials destroy 2,000 seized guns
• Squash champ hopes win offers boost to Malaysia
• Defense: US suppressed evidence in Blackwater
• Bank of Cyprus says 1 billion euros raised
• U.S. teen held in Israel after arrest at protest
• Brazil's leader calls Gaza conflict 'a massacre'
• Bailey-Cole wins Commonwealth 100-meter title
• White House: EU, US to impose new Russia sanctions
• US: 'Threats' behind release of Venezuela general
• US citizen accused of bribes extradited from Iraq
• Hamas, Israel trade blame for deaths of 9 children
• Lawmaker sorry he mistook US officials as Indian
• Sailors to navigate dirty water in 1st Rio test
• California and Mexico sign pact to fight climate change
• France offers asylum to Christians of north Iraq

Gaza fighting flares, UN, Israel debate truce Posted: 28 Jul 2014 11:58 AM PDT By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Crispian Balmer GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) - A grim-faced Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned on Monday of a protracted war in Gaza, dashing any hopes of a swift end to the three-week conflict as Palestinian fighters launched an audacious cross-border raid. The Israeli army said five of its soldiers died in two separate incidents, including four in a mortar strike. Inside Gaza itself, eight children and two adults were killed by a blast in a park as an unofficial truce sought by the United Nations for the Muslim Eid al-Fitr festival collapsed. Residents blamed the explosion on an airstrike, but Israel said a misfiring militant rocket caused the carnage.

West agrees wider Russia sanctions as Kiev says forces near crash site Posted: 28 Jul 2014 12:58 PM PDT By Gabriela Baczynska and Aleksandar Vasovic KIEV/DONETSK Ukraine (Reuters) - U.S. and European leaders agreed on Monday to impose wider sanctions on Russia's financial, defense and energy sectors as Ukraine said its forces advanced toward the crash site of Malaysian flight MH17. The new sanctions, which U.S. President Barack Obama and leaders of Germany, Britain, France and Italy discussed in a conference call, are aimed at increasing the pressure on Russian President Vladimir Putin after the Malaysian airliner was shot down over territory held by pro-Moscow rebels in eastern Ukraine. "It's precisely because we've not yet seen a strategic turn from Putin that we believe it's absolutely essential to take additional measures and that's what the Europeans and the United States intend to do this week," said Tony Blinken, a national security adviser to Obama.

Iraq lays claim to Kurdish crude cargo in Texas court Posted: 28 Jul 2014 04:26 PM PDT Iraq filed suit on Monday in a Texas court to gain control of a cargo of crude oil from Iraqi Kurdistan that Baghdad says was sold without its permission. The United Kalavrvta tanker, carrying some 1 million barrels of crude worth about $100 million, arrived off the coast of Texas on Saturday but has yet to unload its disputed cargo. The ship, which is too large to enter the port of Galveston near Houston, was given clearance by the U.S. Coast Guard on Sunday to transfer its cargo offshore to smaller boats that would deliver it to the U.S. mainland. Iraq, in its filing in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas, asked for an order allowing the cargo to be seized by the U.S. Marshals Service.

Huge blaze out of control in Tripoli battle as Libya slides into chaos Posted: 28 Jul 2014 10:01 AM PDT By Patrick Markey and Aziz El Yaakoubi TRIPOLI (Reuters) - A huge fuel depot in Libya's capital burned out of control on Monday, set ablaze in fighting between rival militias that has driven the country to chaos three years after the NATO-backed revolt that toppled Muammar Gaddafi. Combat over control of the nearby airport forced firefighters to withdraw, abandoning their attempts to extinguish the blaze ignited by a missile strike that hit millions of litres of fuel. Western countries have urged their nationals to leave, shut their embassies and pulled diplomats out, after two weeks of clashes among rival factions of former rebels killed nearly 160 people in Tripoli and the eastern city of Benghazi. The Netherlands, the Philippines and Austria on Monday prepared to evacuate diplomatic staff.

U.S. 'disappointed' Netherlands released Venezuelan wanted over drugs Posted: 28 Jul 2014 03:12 PM PDT By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is "deeply disappointed" the Netherlands released a former Venezuelan military intelligence chief detained over U.S. drug trafficking allegations, and is "disturbed" at reports indicating Caracas used threats to obtain his freedom, the State Department said on Monday. Instead of being extradited to the United States, retired Venezuelan General Hugo Carvajal flew home on Sunday from the Netherlands' Caribbean island of Aruba after the Dutch government ruled he had diplomatic immunity. He had been arrested on Aruba on Wednesday. Jubilant Venezuelan officials with the ruling Socialist Party celebrated his release as a "victory" over their ideological foes in the United States.

U.N. blacklists operator of North Korean ship seized in Panama Posted: 28 Jul 2014 03:20 PM PDT By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - A U.N. Security Council committee on Monday blacklisted the operator of a North Korean ship, which was seized near the Panama Canal last year for smuggling Soviet-era arms, including two MiG-21 jet fighters, under thousands of tonnes of sugar. The North Korea (DPRK) sanctions committee designated Ocean Maritime Management, which operated the Chong Chon Gang, the ship that was detained a year ago. The U.N. designation means the company is now subject to an international asset freeze and travel ban. "Ocean Maritime Management Company, Ltd (OMM), played a key role in arranging the shipment of the concealed cargo of arms and related materiel," the committee said in an implementation assistance notice, obtained by Reuters.

New fears about Ebola spread after plane scare Posted: 28 Jul 2014 04:39 PM PDT DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — No one knows for sure just how many people Patrick Sawyer came into contact with the day he boarded a flight in Liberia, had a stopover in Ghana, changed planes in Togo, and then arrived in Nigeria, where authorities say he died days later from Ebola, one of the deadliest diseases known to man.

Obama mulls large-scale move on immigration Posted: 28 Jul 2014 04:37 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — Even as they grapple with an immigration crisis at the border, White House officials are making plans to act before November's mid-term elections to grant work permits to potentially millions of immigrants who are in this country illegally, allowing them to stay in the United States without threat of deportation, according to advocates and lawmakers in touch with the administration.

NHC says 50 percent chance of cyclone off Cape Verde Islands Posted: 28 Jul 2014 04:37 PM PDT (Reuters) - A storm system located about 850 miles (1,365 km) west-southwest of the Cape Verde Islands has a 50 percent chance of becoming a tropical cyclone during the next 48 hours, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said on Monday in its latest update. A tropical depression could form during the next several days while the system moves generally westward or west-northwestward at 10 to 15 miles per hour (16 to 24 km per hour), the Miami-based weather forecaster said. (Reporting by Vijaykumar Vedala in Bangalore; Editing by Lisa Shumaker)

Burundi party's 'relentless' intimdation ahead of polls: Amnesty Posted: 28 Jul 2014 04:32 PM PDT Burundi's ruling party is carrying out a "relentless campaign of intimidation" against opposition and critics, ahead of presidential elections next year, Amnesty International said Tuesday. "The government's clampdown on free expression and peaceful assembly has serious implications for human rights ahead of next year's elections," said Amnesty researcher Tom Gibson. The small nation in Africa's Great Lakes region emerged in 2006 from 13 years of brutal civil war and its political climate remains fractious ahead of presidential polls due in June 2015.

Bailey-Cole fills Bolt void, as Aussies share spoils in the pool Posted: 28 Jul 2014 04:29 PM PDT Kemar Bailey-Cole maintained Jamaica's 100m men's supremacy in the absence of illustrious teammate Usain Bolt at the Commonwealth Games on Monday, but Nigeria's Blessing Okagbare spoiled their hopes of a sprint double. The 22-year-old Bailey-Cole came back from a poor start to power through in 10.00 seconds, with England's Adam Gemili just edging out Nickel Ashmeade to take second in 10.10secs.

Bailey-Cole wins Commonwealth 100 meters title Posted: 28 Jul 2014 04:28 PM PDT GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) — In Usain Bolt's absence, training partner Kemar Bailey-Cole collected the first individual gold of his career by winning the 100 meters at the Commonwealth Games on Monday.

Maltese worker kidnapped in Libya freed Posted: 28 Jul 2014 04:09 PM PDT A Maltese worker who was abducted by Libyan rebels on the outskirts of Tripoli on July 17 has been freed and arrived home safely in Valletta on Monday, authorities said. Martin Galea, 40, a health and safety professional who worked for an oil and gas company, appeared to be in good health but was taken to hospital for a thorough examination. "I don't have words to thank all those who helped in whatever way to save my life," Galea said after being welcomed home by his wife and friends. Maltese Prime Minister Joseph Muscat, who also met Galea at the airport, said no ransom had been paid for his release.

Be ready for 'prolonged' Gaza war, Netanyahu says Posted: 28 Jul 2014 04:04 PM PDT GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Signaling an escalation of Israel's Gaza operation, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told Israelis Monday to be ready for a "prolonged" war, and the military warned Palestinians in three large neighborhoods to leave their homes and head immediately for Gaza City.

California governor takes dig at Texas guard plan Posted: 28 Jul 2014 04:03 PM PDT MEXICO CITY (AP) — California Gov. Jerry Brown took a not-so-subtle dig at Texas' decision to deploy National Guard troops to the border, saying Monday he expects it to be a short-lived measure and that "wiser minds will prevail."

Argentina in last-ditch effort to avert default Posted: 28 Jul 2014 04:00 PM PDT BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentina's government said Monday it will make another effort to reach a deal with US. creditors ahead of a looming deadline that risks sending the country into its second default in 13 years.

Brazil farmers say GMO corn no longer resistant to pests Posted: 28 Jul 2014 03:59 PM PDT By Caroline Stauffer SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Genetically modified corn seeds are no longer protecting Brazilian farmers from voracious tropical bugs, increasing costs as producers turn to pesticides, a farm group said on Monday. Producers want four major manufacturers of so-called BT corn seeds to reimburse them for the cost of spraying up to three coats of pesticides this year, said Ricardo Tomczyk, president of Aprosoja farm lobby in Mato Grosso state. Large-scale farming in the bug-ridden tropics has always been a challenge, and now Brazil's government is concerned that planting the same crops repeatedly with the same seed technologies has left the agricultural superpower vulnerable to pest outbreaks and dependent on toxic chemicals. Experts in the United States have also warned about corn production prospects because of a growing bug resistance to genetically modified corn.

Airlines to push for independent guidance on airspace safety after Ukraine crash Posted: 28 Jul 2014 03:57 PM PDT By Allison Lampert and Allison Martell MONTREAL/TORONTO (Reuters) - Global airlines will push to get "neutral information" on whether to use or avoid airspace over conflict zones at Tuesday's meeting of the U.N. aviation agency and other airline bodies, a European-based airline industry source said. The U.N. agency, the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), has invited the heads of the airline industry, airports and the world's air traffic control networks to the Montreal meeting to discuss what needs to be changed to ensure that airliners are flying in secure airspace after the downing of a Malaysian airliner over Ukraine on July 17 took 298 lives. The meeting is likely to hear calls for wider international powers to intervene when a country fails to monitor threats to its airspace.

California drought dries up plans for historic gold rush celebration Posted: 28 Jul 2014 03:52 PM PDT By Shawn Hubler SACRAMENTO Calif. (Reuters) - California's drought has claimed yet another historic casualty in this parched capital city - the annual heritage celebration known as Gold Rush Days. Staged for the past 15 years by tourism groups who turn the city's Old Sacramento district into a dirt-paved scene from the 1850s, the Labor Day weekend tradition was canceled on Monday due to concerns about water use and fire. Steve Hammond, president and chief executive officer of the Sacramento Convention & Visitors Bureau, said that up to 3,000 gallons of water typically are used daily to dampen the tons of dirt strewn over the streets to create a soft surface for horses, wagons and stunt performers.

UN condemns terrorist oil sales from Iraq, Syria Posted: 28 Jul 2014 03:41 PM PDT UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council strongly condemned any sale of oil from Syria or Iraq by terrorist groups and reminded all countries that buying the illegally obtained oil violates U.N. sanctions.

Dominican officials destroy 2,000 seized guns Posted: 28 Jul 2014 03:36 PM PDT SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — Authorities destroyed roughly 2,000 firearms Monday and plan to use the mangled metal to build a monument promoting peace.

Squash champ hopes win offers boost to Malaysia Posted: 28 Jul 2014 03:26 PM PDT GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) — Nicol David hopes she delivered a bit of joy for Malaysia at last. On a squash court more than 6,500 miles (10,000 kilometers) from home, Malaysia's national sporting icon produced her country's 50th gold medal in Commonwealth Games history by defending her squash title on Monday.

Defense: US suppressed evidence in Blackwater Posted: 28 Jul 2014 03:23 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawyers for Blackwater security guards said Monday that the U.S. government has suppressed evidence favorable to defendants who are on trial in the killings of 14 Iraqis in Nisoor Square in Baghdad.

Bank of Cyprus says 1 billion euros raised Posted: 28 Jul 2014 03:22 PM PDT NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus' largest bank says it has bolstered its capital base by raising 1 billion euros ($1.34 billion) through a private placement of new shares.

U.S. teen held in Israel after arrest at protest Posted: 28 Jul 2014 03:20 PM PDT The U.S. is confirming that a 15-year-old American citizen is being held by Israeli authorities for his alleged role in protests earlier this month in East Jerusalem.

Brazil's leader calls Gaza conflict 'a massacre' Posted: 28 Jul 2014 03:19 PM PDT BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Brazil's president is calling Israel's conflict with Hamas "a massacre."

Bailey-Cole wins Commonwealth 100-meter title Posted: 28 Jul 2014 03:19 PM PDT GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) — In Usain Bolt's absence, training partner Kemar Bailey-Cole collected the first individual gold of his career by winning the 100 meters at the Commonwealth Games on Monday.

White House: EU, US to impose new Russia sanctions Posted: 28 Jul 2014 03:12 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States and European Union plan to impose new sanctions against Russia this week, including penalties targeting key sectors of the Russian economy, the White House said Monday.

US: 'Threats' behind release of Venezuela general Posted: 28 Jul 2014 03:07 PM PDT CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — U.S. officials said Monday they believe Venezuela used "threats" against Aruba to achieve the release of a powerful former general who is wanted by the United States on drug-trafficking charges.

US citizen accused of bribes extradited from Iraq Posted: 28 Jul 2014 02:54 PM PDT CINCINNATI (AP) — A federal fugitive accused of bribing U.S. military contracting officials in Iraq has been returned to the U.S. in what prosecutors say was the first extradition under a 1936 treaty between the two countries.

Hamas, Israel trade blame for deaths of 9 children Posted: 28 Jul 2014 02:53 PM PDT GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Hamas and Israel blamed each other for an explosion at a Gaza park Monday that killed at least 10 Palestinians — including nine children playing on a swing — in a horrific scene that underscored the heavy price civilians are paying in the conflict.

Lawmaker sorry he mistook US officials as Indian Posted: 28 Jul 2014 02:52 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — A freshman Republican lawmaker has apologized for mistaking two senior U.S. government officials as visitors from India when they testified at a congressional hearing.

Sailors to navigate dirty water in 1st Rio test Posted: 28 Jul 2014 02:49 PM PDT RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Sailors, coaches and the mayor of Rio de Janeiro acknowledge the problem: Guanabara Bay, the venue for sailing at the 2016 Olympics, is badly polluted. Some liken it to a sewer.

California and Mexico sign pact to fight climate change Posted: 28 Jul 2014 02:44 PM PDT By Rory Carroll SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - California Governor Jerry Brown and Mexican environmental officials signed a pact on Monday aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions, an agreement that could eventually expand the market for carbon credits. The six-page memorandum of understanding calls for cooperation in developing carbon pricing systems and calls on the partners to explore ways to align those systems in the future. "California can't do it alone and with this new partnership with Mexico, we can make real progress on reducing dangerous greenhouse gases," said Governor Brown. California operates a carbon cap-and-trade system, which sets a hard limit on the carbon output from large businesses and requires them to either reduce emissions or purchase credits to meet the target.

France offers asylum to Christians of north Iraq Posted: 28 Jul 2014 02:38 PM PDT PARIS (AP) — France is ready to open its door to Christians from northern Iraq who were hounded out of their homes by extremist Islamic militants.

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